Helpful WebsitesUnited States History & Contemporary World History Survey

Contemporary World History Survey Helpful Websites


http://www.history.com/topics
Scroll down to view the many topics for which this website has helpful and informative explanations/summaries.

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
A website with many useful tools including an interactive world history time line with links to many historical figures, ideas, and events.

http://www.besthistorysites.net/20thCentury_WWI.shtml
Collection of websites for all aspects of history. Use the "table of contents" bar to the left to choose a time period to investigate.

http://www.fsmitha.com/
Website with links to MANY relevant world history topics. Many of the links contain very detailed information - perhaps too much for many purposes.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001251.html
World History - organized by decade. Helpful descriptions/summaries with additional links.

http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/ww1main.htm
World War I

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world_war_one.htm
World War I

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/adolf_hitler.htm
Hitler/Nazis

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/WORLD%20WAR%20TWO.htm
World War II

http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW2/ww2main.htm
World War II

http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/worldwar2/default.htm
World War II

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ColdWar.htm
Cold War

There are MANY other good websites available that you might find useful. As you find some, please add them below - with the url and brief description of the site and what it has to offer.


Helpful WebsitesUnited States History
URL
Description
http://my.discoveryeducation.com/
username: bjhartley
password: newington
Excellent site for short video clips (and other materials) related to almost any aspect of history.
http://www.hippocampus.org
Excellent source of video clips and narrative text about many aspects of United States History. Well organized, very informative, and easy to use.
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/
A useful United States History website - with some practices quizzes, primary source documents, etc.
http://www.course-notes.org/US_History/
Contains collection of practice quizzes, notes, Supreme Court case summaries, political party histories, etc.
http://www.historyteacher.net/USQuizMainPage.htm
Contains large collection of practice quizzes. www.historyteacher.net also contains other useful information, but main/home page is difficult/confusing to navigate.
http://www.apstudent.com/
This site contains links to test-taking tips, some outline notes, and a large collection of “notecards” for reviewing U.S. History.
http://ap_history_online.tripod.com/unitedstates.htm
Yet another useful site with information for reviewing content, familiarizing yourself with the AP exam, writing strong essays, etc.
http://home.att.net/~betsynewmark/
This is one of many websites created by AP U.S. History teachers around the nation. It contains links to many useful bits of information for review.
http://www.mhhe.com/brinkley11
This is the official website for our United States History textbook. It has SOME useful resources, but overall is of limited value.
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/H/2005/index.htm
Organized summary of U.S. History. This is terrific resources for well-organized summaries of United States History. The sections are easy to read, long enough to give good detail, but short enough to actually read.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/
Interesting site examining the institution of slavery.


Please find a website related to United States History. It can be on any relevant aspect of U.S. History (Jamestown - Present). Please post the required information in the appropriate column below by Friday, 9/25/09. Do not worry about how the formatting looks once you've pasted the URL and typed your description.
Period 5
Period 7
Period 8
Paste your website's URL below. Then write your full name, and a one-two sentence description of the site.
Paste your website's URL below. Then write your full name, and a one-two sentence description of the site.
Paste your website's URL below. Then write your full name, and a one-two sentence description of the site.
http://archives.gov/exhibits/charters/
Erica Smith
This site shows all the documents that helped America gain its independence. It gives a good overview of the impacts those documents had on Americans and gives clear images.
http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=178
Abby Barnicle
This site offers information on the government, famous people, wars, and ethnic groups that have been a part of United States history. It includes some primary source documents, explanations from historians, timelines, photos, and even more.
http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/
Danielle Gagnon
This website thouroughly describes the causes of the revolutionary war and tells you all about the many battles that took place. It also has a student and teacher guides and tells you about many important americans of the time.
http://www.historycentral.com/USHistory.html
Ally Longchamps
This site offers all the wars that the U.S. have been in and explains what each time period was like for the United States.
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Sarah Menta
This website offers information on all history from early BC to present time. It includes a general overview on specific events, people, politics, religion, culture, maps, and more.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/default.htm
Sabah Islam
This interactive website gives a good, general overview of U.S. history. It includes great timelines depicting the growth of the United States over different time periods, as well as references to newspapers, maps, speeches, etc.
http://www.ushistory.org/
Dayna Gambino
This site offers timelines and information on specific events that occurred throughout American History.
http://home.att.net/~betsynewmark/Quizzespage.html
Emilia Pisarski
This website provides you with quizzes that you can test yourself with on different topics from history.
http://www.sprocketworks.com/topics/default.asp?topic=3
Rebecca Maston
This site has a lot of interactive visuals. The timeline has the most info,
but the games are fun and colorful! You will need adobe shockwave to view the website.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
Erica Pare
This site is very resourceful; there are interactive timelines, primary sources, and many other ways to get involved in the topic(s) that we are learning about.
http://www.shmoop.com/history/
Taylor Dempsey
This website let's you search and choose any United States History topic and gives you in depth descriptions, a timeline of events, lists of important people, and test reviews.
http://www.history.com/topics/ushistory
Xingyi Shi
This site has excellent videos about presidents, notable Americans, and various eras in US history. There are audio clips about American history as well.
History Central
Mike Nahmias
History Central gives details on every US war, every election for presidency, and lots of other information.
http://www.history.com/
Melissa Bengtson
By typing in "US History" into the search engine, this website allows you to have more of a visual interpretation of US History.
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html
Mica Borgueta
This site provides a timeline of notable, important events during the American Civil War.
It also provides links to images of important subjects like significant people and battles.
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/wwwhistory/
Molech Jarrett
This is a web link that should be helpful with the different topics we go over in U.S history class. Its a link site so you just hit the topic, and a group of smaller sites that focus on that will be given to you.
http://www.abrahamlincolnarchive.com/Biography.aspx
Melissa Mulcahy
This website is all about the United State's sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln, from his birth to his assination in Ford's Theater.
http://www.usahistory.info/
Michael Bradley
This site is essenially an outline of events throughout American History that provides links for further information.
http://www.free.ed.gov/index.cfm
Nicole Lattarulo
This website is very helpful and can be used in the future to further learning on U.S. history because it provides lots of information on many different aspects that we go over throughout this year. It includes everything from States to Wars to Famous People etc.
http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html?OVRAW=U.S.%20history%20sites&OVKEY=u.s%20history&OVMTC=advanced&OVADID=13747257512&OVKWID=32059596512
Ruben Salcedo
This site offers visual growths of the U.S. It also provides excellent timelines.
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/
Kevin Bascetta
General information on history by era. Podcasts also available on certain subjects for those who don't like to read.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
Leann Boisvert
This website has a written timeline of US history in chronological order, as well as an interactive timeline, a textbook, and resource guides by era. It also has a teachers section with handouts and fact sheets with extra reading materials and study guide questions on specific topics.
http://www.ushistory.org/
Andrew Carrier
This site has detailed descriptions about every action the United States has made til today. The site is made by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/
Lauren Liedke
This website gives information about what each president accomplished during his term(s) of presidency. It also gives information on the white house and issues of the past and today.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/teachers/browse.html
Grace Banach
This website covers American history ranging from colonial times up until the present. It provides several links for each topic, including links to maps and primary sources.
http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_GreatDepression.shtml
Jennifer Flynn
This website has several organized tabs on the left side. For example, Prehistory, Medieval history, American history, Modern history...etc. Under general information, there are multiple videos of the category that you have selected.
http://www.ushistory.org/
Ashley Westman
This website has everything about United States history. It includes everything from the past until now, and has a lot of information about everything in the website such as people, places, and events.
http://www.history.com/topics/ushistory
Dominic Hooks
This website is great for specific topics. It has videos, games, and real pictures to help you get a better image. Also this site has nothing but true information and is trust worthy.
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073513237/student_view0/chapter7/
Crystal Davis
This website is from our book and has alot of prequizes about exactly what we are doing. It also has true and false questions along with a brief outline of the chapter. It has other resourses too.
http://www.americanheritage.com/
Conor Hamill
This website is a great source for a variety of American cultural activities and events coinciding with the history of our past.
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Rachael Thatcher
This site has documents, map collections, prints, photographs, sound recordings and more. It also includes a learning page with activites and tools to use.
http://www.worldwar-2.net/
Tommy Bissell
This website is excellent for WWII. It has dates and events preluding the war and events that happened during the war
http://www.shmoop.com/history/
Kimberly DePaolis
This website is an excellent resource . It allows the reader to specifically identify an event,person, or place in U.S history. It then provides a descript and understandable explanation of each event. Searches can even be narrowed by title or date.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/ushistory.htm
Megan Darby
This website covers many of the main topics of American history. It is divided up by specific events in history and each section is easy to read. It also provides you with games to play for review.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/ushistory.htm
Trevor Colossa
This site is easy to read and gives you a basic understanding of many different events from U.S. History. Also included are colorful, easy to understand maps and fun review games.
http://www.greatamericanhistory.net/
Jes Baker
This site a great for when we start to learn about the Civil War and President Lincoln. It includes quizes that can be used to help study.
http://www.animatedatlas.com/timeline.html
Hannah Austin
In this website, you can find any fact that happened in our nation from 1780 to the present. It gives specific facts on the dates, territories, presidents, society, native americans, world, science and culture.
http://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/index.html
Eric Tyrrell
This site gives you a lot of historic dates by the month. For example if you click on September you will be able to find a lot of the important historical events that happened in the month of September.
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/wwwhistory/
Valeriya Svystun
This site is helpful because it contains a list of topics that we study in U.S. History. Those topics then lead to events that occurred during that time and a summary of the event.
http://www.geocities.com/athens/academy/6617/amlist6.html
Christina Hanan
This website is good because it gives you links to specific events in US histroy and then describes the events that happened in detail. It includes topics such as the Revolutionary War, presidents, and The Civil War
http://www.gatewayno.com/history/War1812.html
Alex Rossman
This site has lots of information on the war of 1812, including important dates and events.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Erica Yaglowski
This website is an easy way to look up important Americans, learn about important events in U.S. history, and play games that test your knowledge on the subject.
http://www.course-notes.org/us_history
Alba Sotomayor
This website is good because it gives you links to specific works that you as individual can work on and learn from. It is also from a different book than we use but most of topics we are covering and have vocabulary also helps us on some practice quizzes.
http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..fe017300.a#FWNE.fw..fe017300.a
Kevin Pelkowski
This site provides information about the Federalists and the
Federalist party of the late 18th century
http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory.shtml
Micayla Bryant

This site gives a collection of helpful sites when dealing with any apect of history in general.
http://virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofhistory/
Shane Thomas
This is a very detailed site that has a lot of info about US History, especially biographies and summaries on famous people and information on wars with primary sources included.
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html
Jon Russo
This site gives a detailed timeline of the events leading up to and during the United States civil war.
http://www.historycentral.com/
Kristina Forsman

This site is very useful for current issues or past issues involving wars and other past topics.
http://www.ushistory.org
Nicole Battistone
This website had a lot of good information that went on through American history. It wasn't a specific topic of history it was everything that has happened in American history.
http://www.ushistory.org
Paul Germano
This site gives a lot of good information on certain events in american history.
http://www.world-war-2.info/
Chris Masi
This site has a very nice detailed overview of world war 2, and many of the aspects of it, such as the Manhattan Project and different tytpes of weapons used, as well as a lead up to the war.


http://www.history.army.mil/
Shrineal Patel
This site is useful for information on different wars that the U.S. fought in.